It has become standard to evaluate newly devised database search methods
in terms of sensitivity and selectivity and to compare them to existing
methods. This involves the construction of a suitable evaluation scenario,
the execution of the methods, the assesment of their performances, and
the presentation of the results. Each of these four phases and their
smooth connection usually imposes formidable work.

To relieve the evaluator of this burden, a system has been designed with
which evaluations can be effected rapidly. It is implemented in the
programming language Python whose object-oriented features are used to
offer a great flexibility in changing the evaluation design. A graphical
user interface (GUI) is provided which offers the usual amenities such as
radio- and checkbuttons or file browsing facilities.